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November 26, 2013

Spotlight: Counterpoint by Daniel Rafferty

Title:
Counterpoint

Author: Daniel
Rafferty

Genre:
Scifi/Fantasy

Synopsis:

Move over “War of the Worlds,” we’ve got bigger issues to deal with
now!In author Daniel Rafferty’s
“Counterpoint,” things aren’t always as they seem—but what, exactly, does that
mean?Is it time for the fight to the
end between good and evil, Heaven and Hell? Is it the beginning of Armageddon
and the end of time?

It all starts out innocently enough when 12-year-old Mary asks her
father where he’s off to, which happens to be one of mankind’s worst
endeavours, a World War.But the story
quickly moves beyond earthly boundaries, with angels, demons, the devil,
archangels and even humans with supernatural powers, coming together to fight a
battle between right and wrong, good and evil.And the powers-that-be are acting on God’s behalf, but is he just
watching from a distance to see what happens? What’s God’s role in all of
this—and will he be back to save the day—does he even still exist?

You may think you know the storyline, with so many familiar biblical
names being thrown about like fresh holy water; however, there are strange
twists and turns that’ll leave you wondering who the good guys and bad guys
really are. Is Lucifer actually the devil incarnate or do we humans have it all
wrong?Is Archangel Michael really who
we think he is? Can all angels be trusted and are some demons good? It’s a
mixed up dimension of space and time when you’re dealing with supernatural
entities and human beings—and whose to be trusted?

Beyond the clear symbolism of names such as Mary, Gabriel, David, Ariel
and others, what role does the Bassett family play and why does everyone seem
to have plans for them?Why have they
been chosen among all other families on earth to do what they do? What have
they been selected to do? Will they realize their roles in time to save the
planet and the universe as we know it or are they just pawns in a much bigger
scheme?

This epic tale takes places from Liverpool to London, to the Scottish
and Welsh highlands and over to Dublin—but the end-game results will either be
salvation or total destruction of the entire world—and the outcome is still not
certain. Is God’s human experiment over—or will we continue for another
millennium?To find out, you must stop
what you’re doing right now and read the pages of this exciting story! Say your
prayers and hope someone’s listening!

Excerpt:

“Then destroy
Hell!” Gabriel countered loudly. Both had now squared up to each other.

“Destroy Hell?” shouted Michael, over Gabriel’s repeated yeses, “and
lose hundreds of angels in the process. What about the millions of demons
roaming the planet? They’ll regroup and we won’t have the troops to counter
them.”

“Michael,” said Gabriel calmly. He didn’t want them ending up brawling
and destroying half the city in the process. “This is wrong. If we try to
forcefully remove evil from this planet we risk destroying it. Humanity is
capable of ejecting evil from this world. Give them the time to do so. Let the
experiment run its course,” he reasoned.

“Evil was never meant to be part of this experiment!”

“We don’t know that. God left no instruction, nothing. For all we know
evil is the very object humanity must overcome to pass this experiment.”
Gabriel sat back down again. He knew the other Archangels agreed with him, at
least to some extent, but would not anger Michael.

“The time is now,” finished Michael once more. The
other archangels listened to Michael and Gabriel now descend into an ear
bashing row. The world’s inhabitants, human, animal and supernatural alike had
no idea that at this very moment, their fate was being determined in a hotel
suite in London.

Author Bio

Daniel Rafferty currently lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
He is actively engaged in writing the epic Counterpoint Trilogy Series and is
also working on different pieces of writing outside this genre. This includes
the upcoming sci-fi thriller Destiny: Illusions. Always intrigued with epic
dramas and grand questions, which have been asked throughout the history of
civilisation, he aims to incorporate dramatic stories around these questions.
This provides a large tapestry in which his writing is sewn.

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